Pier glass
Category
Mirrors
Date
1780
Materials
Gilt, Glass
Measurements
2260 mm (Width)
Order this imageCollection
Basildon Park, Berkshire
NT 266671.2
Summary
One of a pair of gilt pier glasses in the style of Robert Adam with the mirror plate surrounded by oval husk wreaths and the corners with gilt urns and fishes. Husks and beading round edges and within anthemion frame, surmounted by winged griffin and urn. Yellow gold frame. Green gold wreaths.
Provenance
Brockenhurst Park, Hampshire; Lord and Lady Iliffe, Basildon Park, Berkshire; purchased by the National Trust, 1978